Ever stomached a story you wanted to tell? To screen, despite the lack of a Hollywood budget?
Well, AI can be your financial sherpa when it comes to generating footage, and with the plugin of Reply you could rub elbows with the big boys of filmmaking.
Light, Camera, AI : The festival unveiled
Reply, a company frothing at the mouth when it comes to AI powered storytelling, is hosting its second film festival. Riding the waves of last year’s success, they’ll return to the watery streets of Venice and VIFF. — the world’s oldest film festival.
Last year’s theme “Synthetic Stories, Human Hearts” celebrated the fusion of human talent and artificial intelligence, blending art, creativity, and technology. Showing how AI could be your BFF in storytelling — visually, audibly and practically.
This year: No category, No limits.
By widening the net, Reply catches all kinds of creative fish from around the globe.
Crafting Stories with code
With skills in the creative AI world you can craft a short film in a ridiculous short time-span compared to the traditional Movie scene. If you know your way around AI you have instant access to locations, screenwriters, actors, VFX, music and sounds all in a single device and at your fingertips.
Spotlight on Talent: Global Creators Shine
GISELE TONG
1st
To Dear Me
EGOR KARLAMOV
2nd
One Way
MANSHA TOTLA
3rd
Jinx
Why It’s a Big Deal
Part of Reply’s Challenges initiative, engaging a massive 150,000+ community, this festival is all about making filmmaking accessible and pushing creative boundaries. It’s where tech nerds and storytellers high-five, proving AI’s not here to steal the show but to make it shine brighter.
That said, mastering AI for your projects can feel like a steep climb, but timing-wise, skipping out on sharpening your skills now is like hesitating to invest in internet stocks back in the ’90s.
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